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Committee questions immediate effective date for railway leases, weighs legal-trails language amid pending court case
3237762 · May 8, 2025
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Summary
Conference negotiators flagged concerns about attaching an immediate effective date to railway-lease language and debated legal-trails language while a related court case remains active and trail-maintenance season approaches.
Conference committee members raised concerns about language that would make changes to railway leases effective upon passage and debated legal-trails language while a court case over trail authority remains unresolved.
One committee member said, "Railroads move awfully slow, and these leases are incredibly…
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